Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 145:7
They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness, and shall sing of thy righteousness.
7. They shall abundantly utter ] Lit. pour forth as a perpetual stream of praise, as in Psa 119:171.
thy great goodness ] Cp. Psa 31:19; Isa 63:7.
shall joyfully sing of thy righteousness ] i.e. God’s faithfulness to His revealed character. Cp. Psa 143:1, note; Psa 51:14.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness – Hebrew, The memory of the greatness of thy goodness they will pour forth. The word rendered abundantly utter means to bud forth, to gush out, to flow, as a fountain. Pro 18:4; Pro 1:23; Pro 15:2, Pro 15:28. It is applied to words as poured forth in praise. The meaning is, that the heart is full, as a fountain is full of water, and that it naturally overflows, or seeks to discharge itself. The thought of the goodness of God fills the heart, and makes it overflow with gratitude.
And shall sing of thy righteousness – They shall shout for joy at the displays of thy justice; at the manifestations of thy righteous character.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Psa 145:7
They shall abundantly utter the memory of Thy great goodness.
The philosophy and propriety of abundant praise
This is called Davids psalm of praise; all through it he is inflamed by strong desire that God may be greatly magnified.
I. The method of securing the abundant utterance of the Divine praise concerning His goodness. Our text gives the mental philosophy of such praise, and shows the plan by which it may be secured.
1. By careful observation. They shall abundantly utter the memory of Thy great goodness. Now, in order to memory there must first be observation. If we want to remember His goodness we must let it strike us, we must notice it, consider it. Too many fail to notice that the goodness they receive is Gods goodness. They put it down to other causes. If we are willing to see it we shall not lack for opportunities. It is everywhere. David notices especially its greatness. And this evident if we consider those who receive it. What have we done to deserve it? And then, the greatness of God the benefactor. What is man that Thou art mindful of him? And then the evil from which it rescues us; and the actual greatness of the benefits bestowed He giveth like a King; nay, He giveth like a God. Observe the goodness of God carefully for your souls good.
2. By diligent memory. Memory collects facts and afterwards recollects them. The matters before us are recorded by memory, but the tablet may be mislaid; the perfection of memory is to preserve the tablet in a well-known piece, from which you can fetch it forth at the moment. How are we to strengthen our memory as to Gods goodness? Be acquainted with the documents in which His goodness is recorded. Observe the memorials, baptism and the Lords Supper. Treasure up your own personal experience. I have heard that the science of mnemonics, or the strengthening of the memory, lies in the following of certain methods. According to some, you link one idea with another: you recollect a date by associating it with something that you can see. Practise this method in the present case. Associate it with the objects around you. Let your bed remind you of Gods mercy in the night watches, and your table of His goodness in supplying your daily needs. All around us there are memoranda of Gods love if we choose to read them. There is the old arm-chair where you wrestled with God in great trouble, and received a gracious answer: you cannot forget it; you do not pray as well anywhere else as there. That thumbed Bible–that particular one I mean, all marked and worn, out of which the promises have gleamed forth like the stars in the heavens. Oh for a clear remembrance of the goodness of God. Classification is another help. Also making notes of things. You know the day in which you lost that money, do you not? The Black Friday or Black Monday up in the City; you have indelible notes of such things in your memory. Have like ones of notable benefits that you have received. Then, besides observation and memory, let there be-3. Utterance. They shall abundantly utter. The word contains the idea of boiling up or bubbling like a fountain. It signifies a holy fluency about the mercies of God. We have quite enough fluent people about, but they are many of them idlers for whom Satan finds abundant work. The Lord deliver us from the noise of fluent women; but it matters not how fluent they are if it be on the topic now before us. Open your mouths; let the praise pour forth. Be so occupied constantly. Abundantly means that. Just as the singers in the temple repeated over and over again, His mercy endureth for ever. Your memory will lose strength unless you utter what you know. Then–
4. Sing. And shall sing of Thy righteousness. Parnassus is outdone by Calvary; the Castilian spring is dried and Jesus wounded side has opened another fount of song. Lift up, then, your music till the golden harps shall find themselves outdone.
II. The motives for such praise.
1. We cannot help it. If these should hold their peace, etc. Oh, said one in his first love, I must speak, or I shall burst.
2. Other voices are clamorous to drown all such praise.
3. It will do you such good. The past, the present, the future will all be lit up with delight if we are wont thus to praise God. We shall find nothing to grumble at or complain about, but everything to rejoice in.
4. And it does such good to other people. While here our various wants we mourn, united groans ascend on high–so says Dr. Watts, and I fear truly; but very few will be attracted by such utterances. Is it good reasoning if men say, These people are so miserable that they must be on the way to heaven? We may hope they are, for they evidently want some better place to live in; but then it may be questioned if such folks would not be wretched anywhere. We have glorious reasons for being happy; let us be so, and soon we shall hear persons asking, What is this? Is this religion? I always thought religious people were mournful people. There is a blessed seductiveness in a holy happy life. And such happy utterance will help much to comfort others. Many are sorrowing from various causes: therefore be happier than ever you were. That venerable man of God, now in heaven, our dear old father Dransfield, when it was a very foggy morning in November, used always to come into the vestry before the sermon and say, It is a dreary morning, dear pastor; we must rejoice in the Lord more than usual. I hope we shall have a very happy service to-day. He would shake hands with me and smile, till he seemed to carry us all into the middle of summer. Lastly, let us thus praise, because it is the way in which God is glorified. (C. H. Spurgeon.)
The goodness of God
Have you not known and felt the presence of that Being, whose Infinitude is not only displayed in power and wisdom, but also in Love? Remember the sweet hours of childhood, when the clear, blue sky of day, and the dark blue sky of night opened upon you like the eyes of your preserving angel. Think how a thousand reflections of the Eternal goodness have played around you, from heart to heart, from eye to eye of mankind, as one light shines from sun to sun and from world to world throughout the universe. (Jean Paul Richter.)
Memory of Gods goodness salutary
Augustine tells of one to whom God was so wonderfully kind, and the man was so wonderfully bad, that at last he grew astonished at Gods goodness, and since the Lord continued to load him with benefits, he turned round and cried, Most benignant God, I am ashamed of being Thine enemy any longer. I confess my sin and repent of it.
Fuente: Biblical Illustrator Edited by Joseph S. Exell
The memory of thy great goodness; the memorials of thy kindness to thy people, thy never to be forgotten blessings.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
7. memory (Ps6:5), remembrance, or what causes to be remembered.
righteousnessas in Ps143:1, goodness according to covenant engagement.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness,…. Not only his essential goodness, or the perfections of his nature; nor his providential goodness only; but his special grace and goodness to his own people in becoming their surety, in assuming their nature, in laying down his life for them, in working out their salvation, in paying their debts, and providing for them food and raiment, and all things pertaining to life and godliness: which goodness is “great”, inexpressibly great, and passing knowledge; if we consider the spring of it, his good will and free favour, and not the works and merits of men; the multitude of persons it reaches to, all the elect of God, a number which no man can number, out of every people and nation; and the many benefits bestowed on them through it, all the blessings of goodness he himself is prevented with, even all spiritual blessings that are in him. Now this will be remembered by the saints, and not forgotten; in “the memory” of which they are assisted by the Spirit of God, who brings this goodness to their remembrance; and under the Gospel dispensation an ordinance is appointed to refresh the memory of the saints with it; and with such helps they are enabled at times “abundantly” to “utter” it, or to speak of it in a very free and flowing manner; it comes from them like water from a flowing fountain, as the word c signifies; out of the abundance of their hearts, and the great sense they have of his goodness, their mouth speaketh;
and shall sing of thy righteousness; his essential righteousness as God, the same with his divine Father’s; his righteousness as Mediator, or his righteous and faithful performance of his office, as such; and his justifying righteousness, which he undertook to work out and bring in: and those that know it, and have an interest in it, have great reason to sing, because it is commensurate to the demands of law and justice; and so large a robe of righteousness as to enwrap and cover all their persons, and justify them from all things; and because it is so beautiful, rich, and glorious, and makes them appear so; and because it is so well-pleasing to God, and so comfortable and beneficial to them; securing them from wrath, and entitling them to eternal life. Aben Ezra adds the word “saying”, as if what follows was, the subject matter of the song.
c “eructabunt”, Montanus, Piscator; “scaturient”, Cocceius.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
7. They shall speak forth, etc. As the verb נבע, nabang, means properly to gush out, some suppose, that, as applied to speech, it means not simply speaking, but an overflowing utterance, like water rushing from a fountain, and the verb ירננו, yerannenu, in the close of the verse, answers to this, meaning to shout, or sing aloud. To celebrate the memory of the Lord’s goodness, is the same with recalling to memory what we have personally experienced of his goodness. We cannot deny God’s claim to praise in all his excellencies, but we are most sensibly affected by such proofs of his fatherly mercy as we have ourselves experienced. David makes use, therefore, of this alluring consideration to induce us the more readily and cheerfully to engage in the praises of God, or rather, (according to the figurative word already used,) to burst forth in celebration of them.
Fuente: Calvin’s Complete Commentary
(7) Abundantly utter.Literally, pour forth in a stream, as in Psa. 19:2; Psa. 78:2.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Psa 145:7. They shall abundantly utter, &c. The Hebrew word iabbiu, properly signifies to pour forth, as a fountain doth water.
Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
Psa 145:7 They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness, and shall sing of thy righteousness.
Ver. 7. They shall abundantly utter ] Eructabunt: as a fountain casteth out waters plentifully and constantly, so shall those that are like minded to me abundantly and artificially (even with songs) set forth thy goodness and faithfulness; saying, and singing,
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
abundantly utter = pour forth.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
abundantly: Psa 36:5-8, Isa 63:7, Mat 12:34, Mat 12:35, 2Co 9:11, 2Co 9:12, 1Pe 2:9, 1Pe 2:10
sing: Psa 36:10, Psa 51:14, Psa 71:15, Psa 71:16, Psa 71:19, Psa 72:1-3, Psa 89:16, Isa 45:24, Isa 45:25, Jer 23:6, Phi 3:7-9, Rev 15:3, Rev 15:4, Rev 19:1-3
Reciprocal: Num 31:54 – a memorial Jdg 5:11 – righteous acts 2Ch 30:9 – the Lord Psa 7:17 – according Psa 31:19 – Oh Psa 36:7 – How Psa 92:4 – General Psa 119:68 – good Psa 135:3 – for the Lord Jer 9:24 – lovingkindness Joe 2:13 – for Zec 9:17 – how great is his goodness Mat 19:17 – there Joh 12:17 – people